Boeing-Don't do it! - Aviation Maintenance Tech Boeing Employee Review

2.0
Dec 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They pay is okay for an A and P mechanic-not great however. The benefits are great as far as medical, dental etc.

Cons

No opportunity for advancement since there is an oppressive union structure there which is based only on seniority. Management are made up of a bunch of petty, incompetent, spineless cowards. Your fellow workers are all lazy union employees who will get on your case if you "work too hard". You will attend meaningless meeting after meaningless meeting for things like "employee involvement" which basically are brainstorming sessions to see how much more of Boeing's money we can squander in pursuit of nothing helpful. The company itself regularly lays people off at the drop of a hat. What you end up with is either a lay off or strike on the horizon at any given point.

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Pros

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Cons

pay-scale lagging, no emphasis on learning new things, no punishment for people who are bad at their job. After working for 4 years, I feel like I should have jumped ship after 2. I haven't been given meaningful work that really challenges me in a while. Now I feel pigeonholed into staying because I have enough years of experience that I really should be considered senior, but I haven't been given work that reflects what I senior engineer should be capable of. Now I'm trying to jump ship before it's really too late. If I stay here another 2 years I think I will be genuinely unemployable and will have to stay at this company forever.

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